Comparison of Characters All three poems have powerful characters all three portraying raw and strong emotions, towards the reader signifying similar emotions and purpose being displayed. When analysed carefully, you can notice a lot of identical techniques used by the different poets. For example all three use some type of form of rhyme, half-rhymes or even rhyming couplets, this works especially well in ‘Hunchback’ for example ‘rockery […] hunchbacked in mockery’ this emphasis the point of
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Shakespeare’s sonnet 18- Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day Shakespeare’s use of diction, design, form and tone affect the manner in which the reader and the hearer perceive the poem and understand the argument put forward by the poet which states that comparing his beloved’s beauty to a summer’s day is not a correct comparison. Shakespeare’s choice of words and imagery provides the reader with extensive ground to diverge between two genres of poetry. It is unclear whether sonnet 18 is a love
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CAT JUMBLED PARAGRAPHS: 1999—2006 (Compiled by Captain AK Kalia) TYPE I: Four/Five/Six Sentences Directions for Questions 1 to 41: The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. 1. A. B. C. D. E. The two neighbours never fought each other. Fights involving three male fiddler crabs have been recorded, but
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The sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare is about the transitoriness of life and love. The sonnet consists of three quatrains and one couplet at the end. Shakespeare makes use of the lyrical I to express the content and the feeling which are connected to this subject. In the three quatrains there are three prevailing images. In the first one it is the change of seasons, passing times of the days in the second one and in the last quatrain it is the development from fire to ashes. In the
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A active voice allegory alliteration allusion analogy antagonist anti-climax antithesis apostrophe argumentative essay anecdotal evidence archaic language aside assonance atmosphere audience autobiography B ballad ballad stanza bias biography blank verse C cacophony caricature case study catastrophe cause and effect character characterization character foil 襯托 chorus 合唱 chronological order cliché climactic order climax colloquialism colloquial language comedy comic relief 喜劇性穿插 compare and contrast
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This study aimed to investigate Pak Nazel’s quatrains (pantun) from two branches; the external beauty and inner beauty with a series of poetry books of his creations namely Riang Ria Berpantun 1 , 2 , 3 (2008) , Pantun Pak Nazel (2010) , Koleksi Pantun untuk Kanak-Kanak (2011) , Pantun Pak Nazel 101 (2012) and Pantun Pak Nazel 2 (2013). Pak Nazel took the initiative to include traditional elements with original convention but in a standard that is very easy to understand. The trendy quatrains, gives
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Both of these poems have many similarities in their content. They both have a relationship status in the poems. The author writes about his son as he is the father. The father thinks he has done a sin, a sin that god didn’t like. These two poems have relationships in which they incorporated to the author’s life. In ‘On My First Sonne’ this poem has a father son relationship in which the father ponders on the fact that GOD has took his son which is explained in the second line “My sin was too much
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Peace By George Herbert (1593-1633) A Study Guide | Cummings Guides Home..|..Contact This Site. Type of Work | Summary of the Poem | Text and Notes | Themes | End Rhyme | Internal Rhyme | Feet and Meter | Symbols | Figures of Speech | Study Questions | Writing Topics | Author's Biography | . Study Guide Prepared by Michael J. Cummings...© 2011 . Type of Work.......George Herbert's "Peace" is a lyric poem in the form of an allegory. The poem focuses on a religious theme. It was first
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Compare how voices are used in ‘Singh song’ and ‘check out me history’ ‘Singh Song’ and ‘Checking out me history’ are poem which explore cultural identity. In ‘Singh song’ a shopkeeper has recently married. He discusses how he would rather spend time with his wife rather than working. Throughout the poem we hear the voices of the discontented customers and his wife. In ‘Check out me history’ the poet tells the history of people that hasn’t been told. He feels excluded because his heritage has
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be given to examples other than the ones pointed out in the clues. If you are not familiar with a device, use a literary dictionary to define it for yourself. Regular dictionaries will be hit-or-miss on these terms as they are highly specialized. Poetic Devices 1. couplet (Hamlet explains to his mother that his behavior is not an act, scene 2) 2. elision (Bernardo describes the movement of the stars, scene 1) 3. syncope (Horatio describes the sunrise, scene 1) 4. masculine rhyme / ending
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